Arsenal V Bolton: Match Thread

Exactly my thoughts OM, let’s give this a go, it’s a complete free hit and you just never know. As you say, how can you deny our players the opportunity to play one of the biggest teams in Europe at their home ground in front of a massive crowd, you just can’t, so for me we start with our best side then make changes either at HT or early in the second half and for just this one I’d let Rico lead the players out at his boy time club which may lift the lads spirits enormously? Surely we’d be training all week anyway so I’d have though a run out at the Emirates would have helped just as much if not more and we can’t go into any game worrying about injuries which can happen anywhere, not even on the field as Victor and Will Forrester found out? Nobody should go with a negative attitude because it’s not impossible for Arsenal to have a bad night and I severely doubt they’ll be playing anything like a full team anyway, so let’s get at them and pull off the miracle. 😁

Strange looking team that Rioch if you don’t mind me saying? In actual fact I don’t think the team that starts will be much if any different to the one that started Saturdays with just changes being made a little earlier than usual. Why would he change it we’re only a few games into the season and tiredness surely won’t come into it and I’d have thought that Evatt would want to keep a pretty consistent first eleven going into the Crawley match? I think IE also has to consider that this is a one off against one of Europes top sides so every player will want to play and if they’re left out they could be rightly miffed about it so that’s another reason I don’t expect any changes. Hopefully whoever starts will put in a good performance and with even a narrow win the guys can go to Crawley confident of another 3 points. I’ve just found out my granddaughters got a late start to her match on Saturday which means I’ll be watching Wickersley Wildcats rather than the Wanderers which is a bit of a shame but priorities prevail I’m afraid!! ☹️

Scanning newsnow i see headlines about Arsenal's injury crisis, playing a 16 year old and their manager saying this is a minor competition. Everything points to this being a perfect storm for a cup upset. It probably won't happen and Arsenal to win 2-0.

Ha, cheers Rioch, it’s their second friendly before the league starts in the middle of October. They lost 6-0 last week in their first friendly but the team they played were a top team most of whom had been together for two or three years so in fairness it was a good result especially seeing as our girls have only been together for a few months in a new age team of under nines and their top scorer had 17 goals in her last 3 games but only managed two against us. It’s a shame it’s on at the same time as Wanderers but as it’s a friendly it’s a later start than normal and hopefully the league games will be earlier in future. Anyway, I’ll leave you to shout the Wanderers on against Crawley and hope when I see the result it won’t be as dismal as last weeks was?

Seeing as Evatt doesn’t know formation and tactics, I’m the same OooooooM I’ve just selected 11 bodies that should be played in the hope they do us proud (in no particular formation) you can put Southwoof up front for all I care so long as we don’t get embarrassed, which I think we will especially if they play a 16 year old goalie and he has nowt to do all game

It just goes to show the gulf in players at the top end and at the lower end we just can’t get near them and when we do get the ball we give it straight back or loose it to easy COYWM

That about sums us up the commentator said Bolton were a bit limp and have not tested there 16 year old goalkeeper ahh well at least it’s not the Crawley game COYWM